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Love Me Or Else

November 28, 2006 · Mustapha Hamoui

You’re a leader whose picture has been burnt recently in a place you’re supposedly popular. To make up for the wounded pride, you send up a bunch of “party operatives” sneaking there after midnight to hang it back.

The reaction to this top-down love-fest becomes a spontaneous revulsion from the residents (remember, at midnight) that requires the army to set you apart.

Don’t you get the message?